Re: Wanted: Salinger hints for a visit to U.S.

WILL HOCHMAN (hochman@uscolo.edu)
Sat, 24 Jan 1998 09:47:09 -0700 (MST)

Bethany makes a good point--why not find the dec 22, l995 ny times and see
page b1 for "In Salinger's Footsteps: Retracing Holden's Odyssey" by Adam
Green...this article would give you plenty of places in manhattan to
see...going to cornish, with what you know about mr. salinger, may indeed
be both a waste of your time and a bit rude,
will

On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Bethany M. Edstrom wrote:

> --- You wrote:
> I don't think there are bus tours to Cornish, however, but has any
> of you ever visited that place?
> --- end of quoted material ---
> 
> Cornish, NH is 5 hours from NYC, I wouldn't recommend it. I live near Cornish
> myself and can tell you that there's not much to it. It's just a sleepy town on
> the Connecticut River populated with general stores, horse farms, and one very
> elusive, out-of-sight writer, of whose privacy the locals are pretty protective
> (for good reason). The local shopkeepers aren't going to give directions to his
> house, in other words. That's why he likes it around here, I imagine.
> 
> In New York--just walk around Manhattan and you'll feel like you're about to
> see Holden in his hunting hat. Maybe some New Yorkers can give you more
> specific locations, but I know that the first time I was ever in New York I had
> this strange Holden-ish feeling.
> 
> I know we debated this already about the Glasses, but does anyone remember
> where in Manhattan the Caulfield's apartment was? I forget...
> 
> Elli: Have a nice trip!
> 
> Bethany
> 
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